Barbara M. Spiegel

Barbara M. Spiegel, age 81 years, of Somerville, NJ, died Sunday October 16, 2011 at the home of her daughter in Bridgewater, NJ.

Born in Somerville, NJ April 22, 1930, daughter of the late Robert and Ruth Ten Eyck Amerman, she had resided in the Somerville area since 1959.

She was a retired registered nurse and was formerly a private duty nurse at Middlesex General Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ, and later was a medical receptionist at Somerville Pediatrics.

She was a former member of the First Baptist Church of Somerville, NJ and attended the Pluckemin Presbyterian Church.

Her husband Sidney Spiegel died in 2001 and a son Kenneth Fricke died in 1972. Surviving are three daughters; Sunnie Mortimer of Lebanon, NJ, Lillian Tarentino of Somerville, NJ and Rebbecca Sheasley of Bridgewater, NJ; two sons, Rev. David Spiegel of Norwick, NY and US Army LT. Col. Richard Spiegel of Weisbaden, Germany; two sisters, Louise Thul of North Plainfield, NJ, Marie Patterson of Flemington, NJ; one brother, Roy Amerman of Romulus, NY; eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held on Thursday at 11:00 a.m. in the Pluckemin Presbyterian Church, Pluckemin, NJ. Interment will be private in Neshanic Cemetery. Calling hours will be on Wednesday 1:00-3:00 and 6:00-8:00 p.m. in the Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home, 147 Main Street, Flemington, NJ.

Memorial contributions may be made to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 246 Monmouth Road, Oakhurst, NJ 07755 or Leukemia and Lymphoma Foundation, 14 Commerce Drive Suite 301, Cranford, NJ 07016.